Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
>
> Looking at how Lenya is now incubating, here are some notes, that aim to
> resolve some problems that have arised in incubation.
>
> 1. Appointing someone from this PMC to look over a project is a good
> idea. If I weren't on that list (via gmane in case anyone checks ;-)
> this PMC would not know how it's going.
>
> 2. What about having the incubated project send the incubator PMC
> monthly status reports of what has happened, and more important, of the
> things done in the incubation process?
I think this is a good idea, because it helps the incubated project to
refocus on its status. I would also send the same report to
the "Parent PMC", in our case the Cocoon PMC.
Thanks
Michael
>
> 3. We need to make a boilerplate doco for the new incubating projects
> that clearly states what they have to do for incubation. We have some
> docs, but a clear mail wil only the things pertaining to them would be
> nice.
>
> 4. Making the incubating project have it's own CVS module is a terrible
> idea. It gives the incubating project and the new users the idea that
> the project is already a full-apache project. This is the same problem
> that had arised on Avalon, where projects that were really sandbox code
> started appearing in the main excalibur CVS, making users use them as
> they were properly released, which was not true.
>
> All incubating projects therefore should reside in the incubator module.
> I'd also propose that all committers of the sponsoring PMC can have
> access to it, as well as all the committers from other incubating
> projects (so they can eventually lend a hand in need).
>
> 5. The PMC that has asked for that projects has to cater for it too.
> There needs to be at least one from that PMC that co-works with the
> incubator advisor on the project list.
>
> 6. Making a separate mailing list right from the start that is in the
> final destination address is again IMHO not a good idea. I would propose
> that all incubating projects start de-facto on the
> projects@incubator.apache.org ML, and eventually migrate to
> nameoftheproject@incubator.apache.org.
>
> 7. The webpage of teh incubatong project should have the incubator logo
> and the project one. The final PMC may link to it, and have their logo
> somewhere else on the page, but not as part of the header.
>
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Michael Wechner
Wyona Ltd. - Open Source Content Management - Apache Lenya
http://www.wyona.com http://cocoon.apache.org/lenya/
michael.wechner@wyona.com michi@apache.org
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